[58] Finished drawing for a pier glass frame for the state bedchamber, 1775, as executed

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
- Country houses
  - Osterley Park, Hounslow, Greater London: designs for the house, interior and park for Francis Child and Robert Child, 1761-80 (126)
    - Interior decoration
      - Unfinished design and finished drawing for a pier glass frame for the state bedchamber, 1775, drawing 58 as executed (2)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 20/47

Purpose

[58] Finished drawing for a pier glass frame for the state bedchamber, 1775, as executed

Aspect

Elevation of a pier glass frame as Adam volume 20/46, but with a blank medallion, and no pencil-drawn annotations

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Glass frame for the Bed Chamber at Osterly (in pen) / Bed Chamber at Osterly (in pencil)

Signed and dated

1775
1775

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and coloured washes including verdigris, Indian yellow and cerulean blue within a double ruled border on laid paper (475 x 541)

Hand

Adam office hand, either Joseph Bonomi or Robert Adam

Watermark

LVG and fleur-de-lis within crowned cartouche

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 25
Harris, 1963, pp. 51, 83
Tomlin, 1972, p. 63
Harris, 2001, p. 173
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

Exhibition history

Original Drawings of Robert and James Adam, Kenwood House, London, 1953

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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